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Groove On Demand
Groove on Demand is a self-hosted application for creating and sharing music playlists. It streams music directly from your local media library using HTML5 audio and a Javascript player built on Howler.js and features a robust interactive command-line tool for managing the playlist database.
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Installation
Prerequisites and Disclaimers
Groove on Demand was developed against python 3.10 and should work on anything 3.7 or above. Minimal testing was done on this front.
I have no idea if it will function on platforms besides Linux. Code was written to be portable but not tested to be portable. I also don't know if the dependencies support diverse platforms or not. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
1. Download the latest release
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wget https://github.com/evilchili/grooveondemand/releases/download/beta/grooveondemand-0.9.tar.gz
2. Install
pip3 install grooveondemand-0.9.tar.gz
3. Generate the default configuration
~/.local/bin/groove setup > ~/.groove
4. Set the Media Root
Edit ~/.groove and define MEDIA_ROOT to point to the directory containing your local audio files. For example:
MEDIA_ROOT=/media/audio/lossless
Setting up the Databse
Before creating playlists, you must scan your media and build a database of tracks. Do this by running:
groove scan
This may take a long time depending on the size of your library and the capabilities of your system. Progress will be displayed as the scan progresses:
groove> scan 1:27:34 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 100% | 29946 total | 29946 new | Scan of /mnt/grunt/music/FLAC complete!
Start the Interactive Shell
Groove On Demand's interactive shell is optimized for quickly creating new playlists with as few keystrokes as possible. Start it by running:
groove shell
Use the help command to explore.
Serving Playlists
Start the web server application by running:
groove server
It is strongly recommended you place the app behind a web proxy.
Okay, But Why?
Because I wanted Mixtapes-as-a-Service but without the hassle of dealing with a third party, user authentication, and related shenanigans. Also I hadn't written code in a few years and was worried I was forgetting how to do it. I am not entirely reassured on that point.